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VA-NC Alliance Summer Program for Undergraduates

  • Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF)

Program Overview

  • Undergraduate students who are interested in majoring in a STEM field and affiliated with the Virginia-North Carolina Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (VA-NC Alliance) are invited to spend 8 weeks this summer conducting research in biology, chemistry, or astrophysics as part of the VA-NC Alliance Summer Research Program at the University of Virginia. Rising sophomores and juniors are strongly encouraged to apply, but all applications will be evaluated. Program participants will interact with faculty, graduate students, and other undergraduate students in the core research areas, use state-of-the-art biological, chemical, engineering and astronomical equipment, participate in a hands-on experiences (the astrochemistry researchers will collect data at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) facility in Green Bank, WV), and devote at least forty hours per week to research and other scholarly activities. https://lsamp.virginia.edu/summer-research-program

Benefits

  • The program offers individually tailored recruitment, retention, and enhancement activities to support students such as bridge programs, stipends, symposia, tutoring, mentoring, workshops, and research experiences.$4,200 distributed in two installments. Receipt of entire stipend is contingent upon completion of the program. Housing on-Grounds at the University of Virginia will be provided to participants.

Program Contact

  • Maurice Walker
  • emw5m@virginia.edu

Location

  • Southeast
  • Charlottesville, VA, USA
Charlottesville, VA, USA

Type Of Program

Audience

  • Collegiate

Discipline(s)

  • Astronomy

  • Astrophysics

  • Biology

  • Chemistry

  • Engineering

  • Environmental Sciences

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  • Mentored research experience(s)

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  This material is based upon work partially supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. and 1818458 and 2010676. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations expressed on this site are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation

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